Dust-pan.



F. M. .FOLSM & E. E. HIGGINS.

DUST PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1o, 1910.

978,724. Patented Dec.13,1'910.

hUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK M. FOLSOM AND ELMER E. HIGGINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA;SAID HIGGINS .ASSIGNOR TO SAID FOLSOM.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application led March 10, 1910. Serial N o. 548,497.

Tb all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, FREDERICK M. FoL- soM and ELMER E. HIGGINS, ofMinneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful .Improvements in Dust-Pans, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of our invention is to improve the construction of a covereddust pan to the end that the handle portion will be locked and cannot beswung backwardly past a predetermined angle with respect to the pan.Devices of this kind with hinged covers have been heretofore used butthey have been found to be objectionable, owing to the fact that thereis no locking means in connection with the handle and it is frequentlybent back so far asto either break it or render the device unsuitablefor further use.

Our invention consists generally in a dust pan having a hinged cover anda pivoted bail provided with an operating handle, said bail having asliding connection with the cover and cooperating therewith, but lockingthe handle in a predetermined position.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of a dust pan embodying our invention, Fig. 2 isa side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the cover inits open position.

In the drawing, 2 represents the bottom of the pan, having a rear wall3, a top 4, side walls 5 and an intake opening 6 at its forward end. Thebottom and side walls of the pan project beyond the top, as shown inFig. 3, to adapt the device for gathering up dust and dirt on the flooror carpet. A cover 7 is pivoted at 8 and adapted to close the opening 6,and said cover is provided at each end with yielding rails 9 whichextend transversely of the cover from its forward to its rear edge andis suitably secured thereto. These rails are preferably formed of asuitable gage of wire and may extend lengthwise of the cover to form thepivot of the hinge at one edge and to strengthen the forward edge. This,however, is a detail of construction to which we do not wish to beconfined.

l0 is a bail having inwardly turned ends pivoted at 11 in the side wallsof the pan and carried out around the end of the pan and inwardly toform a centrally arranged handle l2. At each corner of the bail loops 13are formed in the wire of which the bail is preferably composed, saidloops being adapted to slide on the rails 9 and thereby open .o`r closethe cover when the bail and cover are rocked. These loops are of suchsize and are so located as not to bind the rails 9 when the handle isswung forward toward the hinges 8. In opening the cover, the bail willswing to the position indicated in Fig. 3 and the loops will slide downon the rods 9 to points near the hinge 8 and any further backwardmovement of the bail and handle will be resisted by the hinge 8 andconsequently when the handle is thrown to the position shown in Fig. 3and the device is in use, it will be impossible to swing the bail andhandle backwardly and bend them out of their proper working position.Then the pan is lifted to the position indicated in Fig. 2, the movementof the bail will automatically close the cover of the pan and preventthe escape of dirt and dust therefrom.

Atthe rear corners of the pan we prefer to provide yielding blocks orballs 14 of suitable material, such as rubber, to protect the furnitureagainst which the pan may be pushed, and also to tilt the nose of thepan to an operative position.

We claim as our invention l. A dust pan having a pivoted cover,

rails 9 mounted thereon and extending transversely of the cover at eachend thereof, a bail pivoted on said pan and provided with an operatinghandle and adapted to swing back and forth over said cover, said bailincluding parts extending transversely of the pan and terminating ininwardly turned ends pivotally connected with the pan, loops formed onsaid bail in the angle between said transverse and inwardly turnedparts, said loops sliding on said rails and assuming a position near thepivot of said cover when said cover is in its open position, wherebysaid handle will be locked and limited in its backward movement.

2. A dust pan having a pivoted cover, rails extending transversely ofsaid cover at the ends thereof and along its longitudinal edges andforming a pivot pin for said cover on one edge and a strengthening railIn Witness whereof, We have hereunto set on the other edge, a bailpvoted on Said our hands this 5, day of March 1910.

)an aud havin@ an oaeratno' handle and loops formed o?) said lbail anbdsldable on SOM' said end rails, said loops assuming a postion near thepvot of said cover when the Vtnesses: cover is raised and limitingthereby the J. A. BYRNES,

backward movement of Said handle. l L. C. CRONIN.

